COLUMBIA, S.C. - For the second time in the 2011-12 season, the Newberry women's tennis team swept the Columbia College Fighting Koalas 9-0.
Newberry's (3-3) most recent sweep is the Wolves' third of the season with two coming against Columbia and one against Benedict.
The Wolves opened the afternoon at the Godbold Center Courts with three points in doubles action. At No. 1 doubles sophomore's Arielle Strong (Cassat, S.C.) and Susana Aguirre (Guayaquil, Ecuador) posted an 8-1 win over Danielle Cupid and Raven Fair to improve to 5-1 as a pairing.
The tightest match of the entire afternoon came at No. 2 doubles as senior Amanda Simmons (Saluda, S.C.) and freshman Emily Helsel (Port Orange, Fla.) picked up their first win as a doubles pair with an 8-6 win. Sophomores Romina Adum (Guayaquil, Ecuador) and Marina Ziehe (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) earned the Wolves only shutout in doubles action with an 8-0 victory at No. 3.
The Wolves won all six singles matches in straight sets. Aguirre's victory at No. 2 singles gives the transfer from Stetson a 6-0 record on the season. After a heartbreaking three-set loss on Monday in which sophomore Shannon McManus fought back from a first set loss to win the second set, the native of Charleston, S.C., earned a victory at No. 5 singles over Haley Mathias of Columbia College.
Newberry returns to Cannon Tennis Courts on Saturday, when the Wolves host Limestone at 1 p.m.
Newberry 9, Columbia College 0
Feb 15, 2012
Columbia, S.C.
Godbold Center Courts
Singles
1. Ariel Strong (NEWW) def. Danielle Cupid (COLW) 6-0, 6-1
2. Susana Aguirre (NEWW) def. Raven Fair (COLW) 6-0, 6-1
3. Romina Adum (NEWW) def. Abbagayle Stevenson (COLW) 6-1, 6-0
4. Marina Ziehe (NEWW) def. Lydia Royals (COLW) 6-2, 6-1
5. Shannon McManus (NEWW) def. Haley Mathias (COLW) 6-2, 6-3
6. Amanda Simmons (NEWW) def. Maria Reiss (COLW) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
1. Ariel Strong/Susana Aguirre (NEWW) def. Danielle Cupid/Raven Fair (COLW) 8-1
2. Amanda Simmons/Emily Helsel (NEWW) def. Abbagayle Stevenson/Maria Reiss (COLW) 8-6
3. Romina Adum/Marina Ziehe (NEWW) def. Lydia Royals/Haley Mathias (COLW) 8-0
